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SPRINGERBRIEFS IN BIOLOGY THE CALCULUS OF LIF...

This book explores the exciting world of theoretical biology and is divided into three
sections. The first section examines the roles played by renowned scientists such as Jacob 
Monod  Rosen  Turing  von Bertalanffy  Waddington and Woodger in developing the field of
theoretical biology. The second section  aided with numerous examples  supports the idea that
logic and computing are suitable formal languages to describe and understand biological
phenomena. The third and final section is  without doubt  the most intellectually challenging
and endeavors to show the possible paths we could take to compute a cell - the basic unit of
life - or the conditions required for a predictive theory of biological evolution  ultimately 
a theory of life in the light of modern Systems Biology. The work aims to show that modern
biology is closer than ever to making Goethe's dream come true and that we have reached a point
where synthetic and analytical traditions converge to shed light on the living being as a
whole.

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